Rich City has been organizing Fourth Fridays for a few months now, and last week they were celebrating Rich City’s seventh anniversary. I went up to check out the scene, which was a lot of fun on a beautiful August evening. There were food booths, Jennifer’s Mobile Lush Bar, a live DJ and dance performances. Most of the people there were folks who I’d previously met on rides with the group.

Najari, Nakari and Taye talked about how important Rich City has been to them, and it got me thinking about how this event was sort of an inversion of last week’s library ride. The librarians are using the bicycle to extend the physical community space of the library out into the streets. Rich City used the bicycle to create a community out in the streets, and on Fourth Fridays they bring it back into a physical space.

4 days ago
It is sad, but unsurprising, that @Lyndab08 and other women of color are marginalized at #NACTO19. Streets advocacy has a lot of work to do on incorporating those with different perspectives, values, and experiences. I'm putting in my application for @untokening Durham. https://t.co/kjVSKScWsi

5 days ago
"It’s time for us to figure out how to show up differently, in community spaces, and learn new ways of talking about our work. We have to be willing to go outside our comfort zones to be with the people we say we want to help." https://t.co/oonMjlt4mS